Analysis of determinants of binding and transcriptional activation of the pisatin-responsive DNA binding factor of Nectria haematococca

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 171-179

  He, Jie ^a   Ruan, Yijun ^a,b   Straney, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal gene expression; Pisatin demethylase

Indexed keywords

BENZOPYRAN DERIVATIVE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PISATIN; PTEROCARPAN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BINDING SITE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEA; TRANSACTIVATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BENZOPYRANS; BINDING SITES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; HYPOCREALES; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEAS; PTEROCARPANS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ASCOMYCOTA; NECTRIA HAEMATOCOCCA; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM;

EID: 0030131133     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0171     Document Type: Article

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